To Be A Champion,
Become A Child

Have you ever
wondered what successful people have that makes them successful?

Ever wonder
how those champion recruiters in your company manage, month after month,
to get the most new recruits, the biggest bonuses, the largest paychecks?

Well let me
tell you a secret. No one starts out as a Champion. Most of them started
out like you and me.

So what is it
that makes a Champion different from the rest?

Champions have
an attitude, a mindset that sets them apart from the rest. But most
of these qualities are not exceptional.

Indeed each
and every one of us possesses these qualities when we start out in life.
But somewhere along the way we tend to lose them and diminish our own
potential.

To be a Champion,
you must first become a Child! Let me explain:

1. Champions
are Willing to Learn.

Children come
into this world with an innate desire to learn, to understand the world
around them.

They are like
sponges observing and absorbing every fact, every reaction. Because
they know that their very survival depends on it.

One of the most
important, and oft-repeated, qualities we need to succeed in business
is a willingness to learn - to be teachable.

To become a
champion, you must be willing to educate yourself or be educated, to
read about, learn and absorb all the things you need to know, even if
they are completely new to you.

If you don't,
you are doomed to failure from the start.

2. Champions
are Willing to Act

Have you noticed
how children completely geared towards action? As soon as they learn
a new skill, they want to put it into action.

Champions are
the same. They put their newly learned skills to use, taking concrete
steps to improve their performance, so they can take their business
to the next level.

They know that
they must act on what they have learned, even if they haven't perfected
it. Which brings me to their next quality.

3. Champions
are Not Afraid to Fail

Just as a child
picks itself up again and again, every time it falls while taking its
first steps, champions are not afraid to fall down or fail.

They know that
failure is the best teacher. They learn from their mistakes and keep
fine-tuning their methods till they succeed.

Champions have
the courage to fall down and not be discouraged. They pick themselves
up and keep trying.

4. Champions
are Willing to Adapt

Darwin got it
wrong.

Survival does
not happen to the Fittest, but to the Most Adaptable.

As children,
we adapt to long-term change relatively easily. We are more willing
to accept situations and adapt our behaviour accordingly.

Unfortunately,
as we grow older, we become more rigid in our thinking, unwilling to
accept that there may be better ways of doing things.

In a changing
business scenario, resistance to change makes us obsolete. We end up
losing out to players with a better understanding of changing trends.

Champions are
those who can adapt themselves and their business to changing trends.

5. Champions
are Willing to Innovate

Children are
extremely inventive beings. They come into this world with no preconceived
notions of doing things. In their minds there are no limits to what
they can do or how they can do it.

Champions apply
these very principles to take their business to the top.

They not only
learn from what has been done before. They find ways of doing it more
efficiently, more cheaply, more successfully.

As Shiv Khera,
motivation coach and author of "You Can Win" puts it, "Winners
don't do different things. They do things differently."

You don't have
to be like a child in all respects to succeed. It's probably not even
desirable.

But if your
pre-conceived notions, fears and hesitation are preventing you from
reaching your goals, try looking at the world through a child's eyes.

At best you
will improve your chances of success, at worst you'll remain young at
heart.

About the Author

Priya Shah is the Editor of "Health eBiz," an ezine for Health
and Wellness Marketers. Subscribe here to receive information on wellness
marketing trends and marketing tips to build your business online http://www.health-ebiz.com
healthebiz@pushbuttonresponder.com

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